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Chateau Le Puy Marie-Cecile VdF 2022
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$63.62
Marie-Cécile is produced exclusively from semillon grapes. The wine is vinified and matured in used barrels, by...
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$80.02
I also loved the 2020 Château Suduiraut Pur Semillon, a 100% Semillon that will also shine on the dinner table....
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Cockburn Port Vintage 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$58.70
This shows fantastic graphite and dark-berry character with black-stone undertones and hints of dried roses....
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Cockburn Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$90.24
The 2017 Vintage Port is a blend of 52% Touriga Nacional, 30% Touriga Franca and small portions of Sousão and...
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Croft Port Vintage 1994
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$116.66
The essence of grapes. Full-bodied and tannic, yet very classy and refined. It's got grip, but rather than smashing...
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Croft Port Vintage 2003
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$69.95
Chocolate, walnut and ripe berry aromas, with some figs and plums showing the heat of the vintage. Full-bodied and...
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Croft Port Vintage 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$62.55
#13 of Top100, 2013. Effusively juicy, rich and concentrated, showing plenty of snap to the crisp and well-spiced...
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Croft Port Vintage 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$58.20
Extremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium...
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Croft Port Vintage 2016
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$63.37
Extremely perfumed with dark-berry and currant aromas. Hints of earth and spices. Full-bodied, round and medium...
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Croft Port Vintage 2017
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$64.10
Blueberry, blackberry and dried violets on then nose that follow through to a full body, firm and chewy tannins and a...
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Croft Vintage Port Quinta Da Roeda 2017
750ml - Case of 3
Bottle:
$161.46
Quinta da Roêda is the cornerstone of Croft’s reputation as a producer of superb Vintage and vintage style Ports....
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Delaforce Port Vintage 2000
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle:
$49.53
Made in a sweet, open-knit, precocious style, Delaforce's 2000 reveals a dense ruby/purple color as well as sweet,...
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Dow Port Vintage 2007
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$99.62
The is a phenomenal young port that showcases flowers, stones, black olives and dried mushrooms on the nose. The...
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Dow Port Vintage 2011
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$152.04
Powerful, refined and luscious, with a surplus of dark plum, kirsch and cassis flavors that are unctuous and long....
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Dow Port Vintage 2016
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$77.63
Based on Touriga Franca with Touriga Nacional and Sousão. Tight-knit, with firm, rapier-like tannins on the palate...
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Dow Port Vintage 2017
1.5Ltr - Case of 3
Bottle:
$184.14
Pure grape aromas that remind me of fermenting must but then goes to stems and dried flowers. Full-bodied, medium...
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Dow Porto Quinta Da Senhora Da Ribeira 2010
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$59.45
Very peppery, with lush, broad flavors of red raspberry and orange zest that are fresh and well-spiced. The minerally...
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Dow Porto Quinta Da Senhora Da Ribeira 2012
750ml - Case of 6
Bottle:
$59.20
This Port comes from a vineyard across the Douro from Quinta do Vesúvio. It is supremely elegant, with sophisticated...
Port Blend Primitivo Semillon Pre-Arrival Wine
Port wine is Portugal’s great gift to the world. Coming from the ancient harbour capital city of Porto and the surrounding Douro Valley region, Port wine has been made by Portuguese vintners for at least four hundred years, although viticulture has been continually happening in the area for well over two thousand years. Port is a fortified wine, meaning it is a wine which has been bolstered by the addition of grape brandy. Originally, this was used as a method of preservation, allowing the delicate Portuguese wines to survive the journey by sea to trading partners in the UK and France. However, the wonderful taste and unique character the fortification process lends to the wine soon became massively popular, and before long, this new wine style was a hit all across Europe.
Unlike some other fortified wines, Port is made by adding brandy before the wine itself has completed its fermentation. The result of this is that plenty of the grapes’ natural sweetness is maintained in the barrel, meaning it is exceptionally smooth and rounded on the palate. Port comes in many different styles - Tawny Port wines are prized for their richness and mellow character, Reserve and Late Bottled Ports are full of fruit flavor. Vintage Port is a complex, wonderful thing - capable of standing up to some of the finest wines in the world when it comes to depth of flavor and fascinating features.
As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.
Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.
Semillon was, at one point not so long ago, widely believed to be one of the most grown grape varietals in the world. Whilst today the numbers of Semillon grapes has dropped considerably, it remains a widely planted grape with vineyards all over Europe and the New World dedicated to making the most of this special and flavorful varietal. The grapes are recognizable by their golden color, and the fact that they can take on a pinkish hue in particularly warm climates. The wines the Semillon grape produces are notably varied, and are often very crisp and dry, or sweet and soft, full of a wide range of flavors Commonly, dry Semillon wines are particularly citrus in flavor, with a delicate and summery bouquet. The vine is hardy and vigorous, and notable for being easy to grow and produce high yields from.